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23 Disclosure of information by national preventive mechanism
(1) Despite a provision of this or any other Act, a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism may disclose information raised by, or in the course of, the exercise of his or her functions under this or any other Act to either or both of the following persons:
(a) a person exercising functions in another Australian jurisdiction similar to those exercised by a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism under this Act;
(b) the National Preventive Mechanism Coordinator.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) applies to a person referred to in subsection (1)(a) in respect of any kind of place of detention.